Academic failure and the role of early life course economic deprivation

Economic deprivation experienced in early childhood can have lasting effects for children. Studies that focus only on families living in poverty do not capture the breadth of experiences associated with economic deprivation. This study breaks down economic deprivation into two constructs, poverty and material hardship, and examines their relationship with academic failure later in childhood. Using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study...